Lordship (ward)

Lordship was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and area forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.

Lordship
Coordinates: 51.567°N 0.081°W / 51.567; -0.081
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionLondon
CountyGreater London
London boroughHackney
CreatedMay 2002
AbolishedMay 2014
Government
  BodyHackney London Borough Council

The ward returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the previous election on 6 May 2010 Bernard Aussenberg (Conservative Party), and Labour Party candidates Edward Brown and Daniel Stevens, were returned. Turnout was 62%; with 4,803 votes cast.[1]

On 11 April 2014, Cllr Stevens resigned leaving a vacancy until the council elections are fought on new ward boundaries in May.[2]

In 2001, Lordship ward had a total population of 11,288. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[3]

References

  1. Council Elections 2010 results - Lordship Archived 12 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
  2. Hackney Council - Elections and voting (LB Hackney) accessed 25 April 2014
  3. LB Hackney Borough Profile "1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009

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